CVE-2026-64297In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: module: decompress: check return value of module_extend_max_pages() module_extend_max_pages() calls kvrealloc() internally and retu…
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: module: decompress: check return value of module_extend_max_pages() module_extend_max_pages() calls kvrealloc() internally and returns -ENOMEM on allocation failure. The return value is never checked. If the initial allocation fails, info->pages remains NULL and info->max_pages remains 0. Subsequent calls to module_get_next_page() will attempt to dynamically grow the array by calling module_extend_max_pages(info, 0) since info->used_pages is 0. This results in kvrealloc(NULL, 0) returning ZERO_SIZE_PTR, which is treated as a success, leading to a dereference of ZERO_SIZE_PTR and a kernel oops. Fix: add the missing error check after module_extend_max_pages() and return immediately on failure. This matches the pattern used by every other kvrealloc() caller in the module loading path. [Sami: Corrected the analysis in the commit message.]
- CVSS
- 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-476
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Aug 17, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel | from 5.17 before 6.1.178; from 6.2 before 6.6.145; from 6.7 before 6.12.96; from 6.13 before 6.18.39; from 6.19 before 7.1.4 | NVD |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/168072baf9ad516d5a06046514c7fea4c0671990patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/786d2d84416a9a1c1a47b71a68d679d886284be2patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a82e170637e050a803b4f37542371ef216bf66d2patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afcc0515bbdd28d509a2b5870faaa89b137f5d53patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7da02659c229f73492fb1ed87ceda4090153aaapatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7f174715f9f0cbcb9e87b52e4fc4ef149baac98patch
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